Soap cake holder



April 22 1952 G. J. slcKl-:LKA 2,594,082

SOAP CAKE HOLDER` Filled Aug. 29, 1951 fge ZZ 1 N VENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 22, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a shaving soap holder of the type 4.adapted to be attached to a conventional bath.'v room fixture or to a wall of the bathroom.

The object of the invention, which is set forth in the following specication and which is shown in the accompanying drawings, is to produce an improved" attachment of the type set forth.

In they drawings:

Fig. 1 Iisa perspective view of a shaving soap holder embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 isffa sectional view looking in the direc tion of line 2-2 on Fig. l.

The holder illustrated includes a bracket formed of ears I0 and I2 located in parallel planes and-intermediate portions I4 and I6 which are located in the same plane but are normal to each other. The ear I2 is provided with a hole I8 for thejpassage of a screw or other such means whereby the holder may be secured to a bath room fixture, such as the stem of a conventional Soap dish, not shown, or to any other fixed member such as the wall of the bathroom. The ear. I has rigidly secured to it, as at 20. a disc 22 through the hub 24 of which is passed a spindle'ZE to the outer of which is secured a handlef28. To the., inner end of spindle 26 is rigidlygjsecured, byrmeansriof, ascrew 30, a disc 32T whereby; the-...turning of handle 28 will rotate dis.c.32.k Thedisc32 is provided with a plurality of prongs 34 on which a cake of soap 36 is adaptedto be impaled as shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement the shaving brush 38, after being moistened, is held against the cake of soap while the latter is rotated by turning handle 26.

In order to prevent splashing and in order to providemeans for retaining such lather as may not be carried off by the brush, I provide a guard member formed of a cylindrical body 40 through which the brush is inserted, and a conical or daring rim 42 which is adapted to encircle the outer edge 44 of the soap cake as best shown in Fig. il.A By this arrangement, splashing which results from rapid rotation of the soap cake against the brush is conned by the guard and excess lather 46 which is not initially carried off by the brush will be available when resoaping of the particularly tough portions of the beard is needed.

In order to permit adjustment of the guard as the soap cake wears down. the portion I4 of the bracket is provided with a slot 48 which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the soap angle to said axis.

2 cake, and the guard is mounted on anarm 5U which passes through slot 48 and which is secured in the desired position by turning a wing nut 52 which threadedly engages the` outer end of the arm 50. By this arrangement. when the soap cake wears down somewhat. the wing nut 52 is loosened, and the guard is moved, to the right as shown in Fig. 2, until the iiaredv` end 42 of the guard again engages the outer edge of the soap cake.

In order to be able to move the guard into the out of the way position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, the portion I6 of the bracket is provided with a slot 54 which leads from. and is normal to slot 48. By this construction. the wing nut 52 is loosened, and the arm 501 is moved, in slots 48 and 54 to the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1 in which the guard is spaced from the soap cake and from the disc 32 which supports the soap cake. The guard is moved to the broken line position of Fig. 1 either when it is not desired to use it or while a fresh cake of soap is being mounted on disc 32.

What I claim is:

1. A soap cake holder including a bracket adapted to be secured to a support.' a disc rotatably mounted on said bracket, means for securing-A a soap cake to said disc with a side of said cake abutting said disc, means for rotating said disc and said soap cake. an annular, ,open-ended guard adapted to engage the opposite side of said soap cake, and means mounting said guard on said bracket for movement into`f,"`and out of. engagement with said soap cake.

2. The structure recited in claim 1 in which the last mentioned means includes aslot formed in said bracket, and an arm carryingysaid guard and movable in said slot.

3;. The structure recited in claim 2 in which a portion of said slot is disposed substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of said disc, and another portion of said slot is disposed at an GUSTAV J. SICKELKA.

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